Politics versus Policy: Technocratic Traps of Post-Soviet Reforms
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Political Theory, Political Philosophy and Sociology of Politics Politeia
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2078-5089,2587-5914
DOI: 10.30570/2078-5089-2017-85-2-32-59